My Summer Reading List

Here's what I am reading this summer - how about you?

• The Citizen's Constitution: An Annotated Gude by Seth Lipsky
• The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
• The Argument by Matt Bai
• Stone's Fall by Iain Pears
• The Blueprint by Rob Witwer and Adam Schrager
• Athwart History: A William F. Buckley Jr. Omnnibus (Kimball and Bridges, editors)
• The Ambiguities of Experience by James March

Comments

[Ann Zerkle]

Along with selections on the KAP curriculum, right now I'm in various stages of reading How to Measure Anything by Doulas Hubbard, Tacit Knowing by Michael Polanyi, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, and Consulting on the Inside by Beverly Scott.

[Tammy Carroll]

Since you are both more advanced in the understanding of everything MBM, I am seeking your knowlege. I want to learn more about free markets/economics and how it can relate to me, as a manager, within a Koch company. What would you recommend to someone for their first book on how the idea of prospering societies was used to create the MBM philosophy. What do I need as a fundamental starting point? Thanks for your advice.

[Ben]

If you haven't read The Science of Success yet, that is the best place to start. If you are looking to go a little deeper, you might try Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions and Basic Economics.

[Ann Zerkle]

A Conflict of Visions is great! Also try "I, Pencil" for a quicker read: http://fee.org/library/books/i-pencil-2/

[Tammy Carroll]

Thanks! I've read The Science of Success twice and utilize parts of it in team meetings regularly. So, I think I'll take your suggestion by Thomas Sowell. (By the way, I read "I, Pencil" when I first found this site - so , thanks for linking to that here!)

[Andy Gillette]

If you like "A Conflict of Visions" you should definitely check out Bennet's article called "Constrained Change - Unconstrained Results" which ties Sowell's heady ideas into day-to-day management: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/19024?gko=7db10